MyFitnessPal Revelation

This is probably a big "duh" moment for some people, but this is something I only just worked out for myself in a bit of an experiment.

I decided to start tracking some numbers again in Excel, thinking that seeing the numbers visually might have an impact on properly (re-)forming my habit of food entry in MyFitnessPal (spoiler alert: so far, it's working). Here is my full set up:

• Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smart watch
  
• Samsung Health (integrates with MFP for step count / exercise data)
• MyFitnessPal
  
• Happy Scale (on iPod)
  
• Excel spreadsheet

Here's a brief snapshot of my spreadsheet setup for May

I realize there is a lot of duplication of data here - and a lot of devices - but I like having access to more data. Also, you're not the boss me.

At first I thought that my numbers in MFP were slightly off, but I made some adjustments (see spreadsheet) and realized that everything was bang on. The reason I thought there was a difference was because MFP adjusts your 'exercise' calories based on projected burns - so I thought that there might be some slight differences. But when I subtract what MFP says I burned from my calorie total, the net difference is the same as if I didn't touch the calories in at all.

In retrospect I realize that it makes sense that this should be the case - MFP and Samsung Health are technically supposed to be 100% synced at midnight every night, so they should be matching.

Ultimately, this doesn't really mean anything to me. This is just a curious thing that clicked in my head. The main takeaway I have is that it's helping me re-form the habit of logging everything properly.

tl;dr: I doubted that MFP numbers were accurate compared to the data I was feeding it from Samsung Health, but that's not the case. Everything calculates the way that it should.

Note: This doesn't necessarily reflect on my weight loss. Just because the numbers & calculations work out doesn't mean I will automatically lose or gain weight; I have to make sure the data I'm entering is accurate first.

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Dream Cookies

Yesterday, I did super great with my calories, and went to bed with a slightly rumbly tummy. Nothing major, so I figured I'd sleep it off and have a big breakfast.

It's 6:30am, I just woke up, and I gotta tell you my dream.

There was a game night of sorts with a huge table of people. This was supposedly a cover-up for a secret discussion of a murder case. We spoke of suspects, some of which I knew quite well, comparing fingerprints and evidence.

Meanwhile, there were plates of cookies sitting out for everyone. I had a chocolate chip, and it was the best dang cookie I had ever eaten. This had me go back for another. Then another. Soon, they were bringing out more and more plates of cookies, and I attacked them all. I even thought about my weight loss, and how great my calories had been for the day prior to this. It didn't matter. I was in for an old fashion sugar binge, one of which I haven't had in years.

In real life, my fiance and I just had a discussion yesterday on how sugar is addicting. The one sentence that sparked off this dream:

"I can be perfectly fine, with no cravings all day, but give me one chocolate chip and it starts a binge."

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Eating at your goal weight’s maintenance calories?

Hi all! This might be obvious to many of you, but I had a bit of an epiphany today and thought I would share in case it’s useful to others :)

Firstly just want to say I’ve found lots of great insight and motivation from this sub, and I’ve been working slowly but effectively to lose 20lbs, at a steady pace over 6 months (sw: 163lbs, cw: 143lbs).

I was thinking about my reasoning behind taking it slow and steady - a big goal of mine is to LEARN how to eat a healthy, balanced, sustainable diet. The idea being that when I eventually reach my goal weight, it’ll be easy to transition to maintenance because I’ll have developed healthy habits, and won’t gain it all back.

Based on TDEE calculations, my current daily calorie target for weight loss is 1200 (I’m 5’3”), but it occurred to me that a different approach could be to look at the maintenance calories for my goal weight (123lbs - I’m half way there!)... because ultimately that’s where I want to end up. And guess what? My goal weight maintenance calories is 1500! Maybe this is obvious to most of you, but it’s a new way of thinking for me. I’ll still aim for 1200, but if I’m low in energy before the gym, or treating myself to dinner out, it’s nice to think that I’m not sabotaging myself and I’m still eating sustainably!

Hope you all have a good week!

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Monday, 29 April 2019

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Almost didn't recognize myself in a photo today.

Hey /r/loseit,

M26 here. I started a serious weight loss journey, tracking every single thing I eat on the app Lose It!, focusing on watching my macros and making sure I'm staying well under my limits, drinking hella water, and eating five small meals over the course of the day to keep my metabolism going. After three weeks, I'm happy to say that I've gone down from 250 lbs to 235. I haven't noticed that much of a difference in my appearance until today.

My sister and I went out for lunch today, and she decided to sneak a picture and send it to our family group chat.

When my phone buzzed, I looked at the picture and reeled a bit in surprise, not just at the fact that my sister took the picture without me noticing but in the fact that I didn't see the person I was used to seeing in the mirror. Cheeks were a bit smaller and waist was noticeably slimmer. I felt like I was looking back at a picture of myself back from college.

It's those little things that really motivate me and let me know that I'm making visible progress, you know? It makes all the hard days of skipping out on the heavier lunch or forgoing a beer after work worth it. It makes me really want to continue on with it now that I've seen a worthwhile difference.

So keep on keeping on. Results aren't immediate, but they're worthwhile when they appear. And when they do, they're worth more than any satisfaction you'd have in prematurely fulfilling an untimely craving.

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[M, 22, 300 lbs] I lost 30 pounds last year, but then became discouraged and gained it all back.

Title says it all. I was doing so good, watching my calorie intake with MyFittnessPal like a hawk. I was so encouraged and excited about my weight loss. But then certain events (unrelated to weight loss) transpired that made me stop caring. It's a personal matter and I'm not going to go into it or wallow in self pity, but at the time I was down in the dumps. I just completely stopped caring about my weight. This was in October. I have since regained all of my weight and then some. Im really struggling on diving back into everything. I'd love to get back at it, but it's not easy. I'm 300, and I'd like to be 200. Its a long journey but I need to start now. I'd love to eventually get a girlfriend and get married, but I need to lose weight and make myself presentable. I've looked like Jabba the Hutt for so long I've forgotten what it was like to not be disgusted by myself. Im just struggling getting back into the swing of things.

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Need help on getting back on the wagon

[M] In 2015, I was committed to losing weight. I was 5’9” and 260 lbs. I decided to count calories and I inadvertently intermittent fasted. I was in my senior year of high school, and I started by not eat breakfast and ate my mom’s cooking when I got home at 3. I stopped eating by around 8. I exercised 6 days out of the week. All 6 days including cardio and on 5 of the days I weight lifted. I had lost 10-15 lbs during the first week and it pushed me pretty hard. I lost about 2lbs a week steadily until I had got down to about 180lbs. Senior year ended and I flew to the Middle East with my family on vacation. I only spoke the language and couldn’t read it and didn’t know the language well enough to be able to count calories. I decided to exercise harder to keep my weight in check. I gained some weight but it was mostly muscle. However, once college started I started gaining weight steadily up until now. I’m sitting at 260lbs again and what I did in 2015 to lose the weight isn’t working. I have a lower fat percentage than I did in 2015 but regardless I need to lose the weight. I’ve been counting calories and exercising for 7 weeks and have not lost a single pound. I feel like I need to see progress to keep going and I’m losing motivation. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to jumpstart weight loss again.

TLDR: Went from 260 to 180 and back to 260 and what I did to lose weight the first time doesn’t work now. Any advice?

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